Book Details
Title: In the Footsteps of Scott
Author: Roger Mear and Robert Swan (with research and additional material by Lindsay Fulcher)
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Grafton Books
Year: 1989
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 330
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-586-20688-4
Battle Scars:
Overall acceptable condition.
Outside:
The cover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. There is fading of the colour around the edges and to the spine. Creasing on the spine, superficial scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean but tanned.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact, but yellowed.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD
While still at university, Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole retracing the steps of Captain Scott's tragic expedition of 1912. With his partner, mountaineer Roger Mear, an expedition nucleus was formed with Sir Peter Scott - son of the Antarctic explorer - becoming its patron.
This riveting account reveals what really went on behind the scenes of their epic venture - the psychological stresses, the disasters narrowly avoided, the political chicanery which almost bankrupted the enterprise - and explains why, on finally reaching the pole, the team found their moment of victory dramatically cut short. Honest, exciting and, at times, moving. 'In the Footsteps of Scott' recalls an incredible journey of personal discovery and high adventure; with many stunning photographs, it reflects a deep concern for the future of the world's most forbidding and unspoilt landscape."
WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE
Book Details
Title: In the Footsteps of Scott
Author: Roger Mear and Robert Swan (with research and additional material by Lindsay Fulcher)
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Grafton Books
Year: 1989
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 330
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0-586-20688-4
Battle Scars:
Overall acceptable condition.
Outside:
The cover is intact with shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. There is fading of the colour around the edges and to the spine. Creasing on the spine, superficial scuffing.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean but tanned.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact, but yellowed.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD
While still at university, Robert Swan became possessed by the idea of a journey on foot to the South Pole retracing the steps of Captain Scott's tragic expedition of 1912. With his partner, mountaineer Roger Mear, an expedition nucleus was formed with Sir Peter Scott - son of the Antarctic explorer - becoming its patron.
This riveting account reveals what really went on behind the scenes of their epic venture - the psychological stresses, the disasters narrowly avoided, the political chicanery which almost bankrupted the enterprise - and explains why, on finally reaching the pole, the team found their moment of victory dramatically cut short. Honest, exciting and, at times, moving. 'In the Footsteps of Scott' recalls an incredible journey of personal discovery and high adventure; with many stunning photographs, it reflects a deep concern for the future of the world's most forbidding and unspoilt landscape."
WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE
